The UK government is reportedly in talks with the developers behind the 560MW Green Volt floating wind farm over whether Chinese company Mingyang should supply the turbines. According to a report in The Guardian, Mingyang has emerged as the preferred manufacturer but Green Volt, which is jointly owned by Scotland-based Flotation Energy, [...]

GE Vernova announced today that it has signed agreements with BBWind to supply three of its 6MW-164m workhorse turbines to community wind farms. BBWind is a wind farm developer based in Muenster, Germany, consulting on regional community wind projects. This is the 20th agreement that the two companies have signed [...]

Ocean Winds is marking its five-year anniversary by launching its “Beyond Energy” campaign at the WindEurope annual event in Copenhagen. The campaign is aimed at showcasing its commitment to advancing clean energy generation and transforming how energy is produced, distributed, and integrated, with a focus on sustainability and empowering communities. [...]

Octopus Energy Generation has acquired an 80MW agri-solar portfolio in France. The newly-operational Stronghold solar portfolio comprises two 40MWp solar farms sited on former military bases that have been redesigned for sheep farming. Renewable energy consultancy Natural Power completed buy-side technical due diligence on behalf of Octopus for the acquisition [...]

Siemens Gamesa is toasting the installation of its 5000th offshore wind turbine at the 1400MW Sofia project off east England. The company’s turbines are installed around the world, from Europe to Asia-Pacific and the United States. From the Vindeby wind farm in Denmark to the Sofia array in the UK, Siemens [...]

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has announced that its fifth flagship fund (CI V) has surpassed its target size of €12bn at final close. CIP says investor interest in large-scale greenfield energy infrastructure investments is strong, as it finalises fundraising for CI V with total fund commitments exceeding the €12bn target, [...]

Developers have submitted scoping papers to the Scottish Government for a 50MW wind and battery storage park next to one of Europe’s largest oil terminals. Neshion Ltd, a local joint venture, has announced that planning is underway for the energy park, which would be located immediately to the east of [...]

Eurowind Energy Romania is developing a significant wind energy project in Botoșani County, which aims to reach approximately 1200MW of installed capacity. The project involves the phased construction of nine wind farms distributed across nine communes in northern Botoșani County, with a timeline for completion extending to approximately 2031. Eurowind [...]

Construction work has commenced on a 140MW wind farm in South Africa after developers reached financial close on the project. African Clean Energy Developments (ACED) and Energy Infrastructure Management Services (EIMS Africa) have reached financial close on the Ishwati Emoyeni wind farm with NOA Group Trading. The project was led, [...]

Overview Europe installed 16.4 GW of new wind power capacity in 2024. The EU-27 installed 12.9 GW of this. 84% of the new wind capacity built in Europe last year was onshore. 2.6 GW of new offshore wind power capacity was connected to the grid. Europe now has 285 GW [...]

A new vision for how the Falkland Islands will achieve its energy ambitions has been approved by Executive Council. The new Energy Strategy and Implementation Plan outline the path for the Falkland Islands to reach 100% renewable energy provision by 2045. The documents set out a strategic direction that will [...]

Orsted is to use new recyclable material for monopile covers on its Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm in the UK. The decision follows extensive testing in partnership with suppliers TME and CS Wind Offshore. Orsted has now approved a recyclable tarpaulin material for monopile covers, which will prevent an average [...]